The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
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A Talk to Mothers ON . Subject Of veey
Great Importance.


Great Importance.
Do be careful about taking the chill
dren. out during the warm weather.
See that they + properly clad in keep
ing with the weather, not alone their
bodies, for most mothers pay attention
to these, but take care Of their heads
Avoid taking the little ones out when
the sun is high. more especially ut the
noon hour, when there is little shade
any where; but if you will take them
out at such times, be ure and have
hats for them that will shade their
faces. The broader the brim the bet
ter they will be for the children. Dur
ing the summer the most sensible and
most comfortable hat a boy or girl can
wear, for best or everyday, is a broad
brimmed straw. It is the most suita-
BILE and the prettiest hat o child can
have, and looks well on any child,
either big or little. Most children who
are old enough to attend school are
provided with this style of head cover
ing. but the little ones who are at home
all the time, going nj only occa-
sionally, are those who generally suffer
for the want Of it. When they are
taken out for an airing Cor a roasting
would more properly apply here), it is
with a lace bonnet, a fez or a straw
Tam O'Shanter on their heads. The
mothers of these children would be hor-
rifed if the little ones went out in the
sun barcheaded. They would be posi-
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struck; yet they will take them out
with such covering as the above on
their heads, which is just the least bit
better than nothing, during the hot
test part of the day and never think of
such a thing as sunstroke. They would
not go the shortest distance themselves
in the sun without a parasol to shield
them. It is astonishing how many
women and children of this kind can
be seen in the streets of our city on
any of the warm days. The women
under lace parasols, looking as cool as
though they were in the coolest place
imaginable, and the children with fezes
or Tam O'Shanter on the backs of
their heads, and the sur beating down
on the front, looking hot and uncom
Portable, with the perspiration trick
ling down their faces. The women are,
to all appearances, perfectly oblivious
of the children's discontinue, though
how they a be SO is a mystery to most
people. 1t must be that they do not
give it a thought, or if they did they
would not surely see the children suffer
in this way without trying, at least, to
remedy it.
The straw Tam o Shanter hat is one
of the prettiest styles of hats for very
little boys. and any child when dressed
neatly looks vol in it. 1t has a jaunty,
careless effect when perched on the
back of the head, and is a particularly
cool affair when worn in the shade,
but when worn in the sur it is the most
uncomfortable he~ad-covering that c; n
be used. Few women will 60 out at
the noon hour, unless it is actually
necessary that they should, with only
a small bonnet on their heads, and
walk any distance, probably a street or
two. without going home with a head
ache that will take a good nights rest
to relieve. Yet the little ones are
made to walk, or half run, for few
women accommodate their steps to the
children's, under the ~fiercest sun with
out a murmur. When they arrive
home they are peevish and irritable,
and the mothers wonder what is
the matter with them, never think
| ing that their childrcn's little heads
may throb and ache as much, if not
more, than theirs would were they
treated in the same tanner Very
often a child, after being out with the
mother, is feverish and restless during
the night, so much SO as to alarm the
parents. The mother looks around for
the cause: HE can't have caught
cold; / don't know what can have
caused it." she says, puzzled. 81
know he wasn't in any draughts, fol
we kept in the sun most of the time
It does not occur to either parent that
he may be Frustrated by the sun. Oh,
no; he has a cold; they are certain
about that, and they doctor him &C
cordingly. He is dosed and over.
heated, when the one thing he requires
is rest, and the least little draught,
which may be only tho opening of {
door, may bring on a disease from
which it will take him a long time to
recover. A little forethought ON the
part of the mother might have spared
the child a great deal of suffering, ani
both parents a great deal of anxiety
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suggest to this mother that it was the
effect of being 10 much under the ray!
of the sun, she would say: "Why, no
that couldn't be, for he never com
planned while out of the heat; he was
we'll enough until the evening"" just a.
though any child would complain
while on the street. The excitement
of the different people and things hi
meets confuses the little one to sucl
nm extent that, no matter how i'll hs
may be, he will not complain, but af
ter the excitement subsidies and he il
at home, then there is no need fol
complaint, his actions are enough. L
is strange that the mother, who trie:
in every way to shield the child from
every little draught, is the very ont
who will take him on a MONDAY
jaunt, and would be surprised to thinl
that that would hurt him.
During the warm weather the driver
of some express teams and some other
use what they call s~un-bonnets owe
the heads of their horses to protect then
from the fierce summer sun. If tn
horses are affected by this, how mucl
more will it affect the tender head o
a little child. Are these drivers NOR
considerate for their horses thai
mothers for their childrenP To be sur
not in many things, but in a case sucl
as this they certainly are.
No thoughtful woman will ever taxi
a child out during the loon hour of
| hot dav unless she ia OhliOed tn. il